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I G. TITUS.

BUTTER MOLD. No. 434,813.

PatentedAug. '19, 1890."

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; UNITED STATnsf PATENT OFF-ICE.

GEORGE TITUS, OF POMEROY, OHIO.-

BUTTERLMOLDE SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 434,813,dated August 19, 1890. Application filed June 9 1890. Serial No.354,739. (llo model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE TITUS, a citi zen of the United States,residing at Pomeroy, in the county of Meigs and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in a CombinedShipping-Package and Mold for Butter; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and

exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexeddrawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in buttermolds and shipping-packages combined;'and it has for its object toprovide a simple, cheap, and efficient device wherein butter may bepacked and shipped, and from which the contents" may be readily removed.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear,and the novel features thereof will be specifically defined by theappended claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings,which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of thisspecification, and in which-- Figure l is a perspective View of myimproved receptacle. Fig. 2 is a like view bottom side up. Fig. 3 is avertical cross-section through the same.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in all the Views.

Referring now to the details of the drawin gs by letter, A designates areceptacle,which maybe of glass, wood, metal, or any other preferredmaterial, in the shape of a box, jar, or can, smaller at the bottom thanat the top, either round, square, elliptical, or, octagonal, aspreferred, although in the drawings I have shownit as substantiallysquare, as that is the form in which I propose to make it ordinarily.This receptacle is formed upon its interior near the bottom with a ledgeor flange a, as shown in Fig.- 3, on which is designed to rest theremovable bottom, the upper face of which is designed to be made to forma mold to give a fancy appearance to the butter. (See Fig. 3.) Thisbottom closes firmly the opening in the bottom of the receptacle, havingtapered walls to conform to the taper of the walls of the receptacle, asshown in said Fig. 3. A packing-ring I) should be provided between thesaid bottom and the flange or ledge upon which it rests. From the underside of this bottom projects a bar 13, having a slot 0, into which isdesigned to be engaged the crank portion 01 of a locking-bar D, the endsof which rest upon the bottom or lower edges of the receptacle, or upona ledge f, formed by the shoulder g, as shown in Fig. 2, so that saidends will be within the space formed by said shoulder out of cont-actwith the ground or other support of the receptacle.

. Upon the outside of the receptacle near the upper edge there is formeda projecting rib h, and above this there is a groove or cavity j, uponwhich is designed to be supported a packing-ring Z, as seen in Fig. 3.

E is the cover, formed with a surrounding rabbet k to engage the upperedge of the walls of the receptacle, as shown in Fig. 3.

F is a locking hook or wire having its ends bent at right angles, asshown best in Fig. 3, and engaged in recesses m on the under side of theprojecting rib of the receptacle, as shown in Fig. 2, the horizontalportion of this look or hook being engaged with the crossbar F on thetop of the cover, which bar is inclined from the ends toward the centerto form a sort of cam, as seen best in Fig. 1.

The receptacle may be formed of any desired size-to hold, say, one, two,three, six, or more pounds. It is to be packed from the inside, and whenit is desired to unpack it all that is necessary to do is to remove thehook at the top and the locking-wire at the bottom, then stand it uponits larger end, and press inward upon the bottom 0. When the butter isremoved, it will have the design of the mold or inner face of theremovable bottom impressed thereupom What I claim as new is 1. Thecombination, with the receptacle formed with tapered walls and interiorflange near the bottom, of the removable bottom fitted within thereceptacle and provided with a slotted bar upon its under side, and thelockingbar having a crank portion en- IO gaging said slot, and the endsresting upon said shoulder and thus held above the lower edge of thesurrounding walls of the receptacle, substantially as shown anddescribed.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence 15 of two witnesses. v

- GEO. TITUS. Witnesses:

LAURA DAVIS, J. A. DAVIS.

